Press Releases 2013

On December 12, 2011, we received a directive document^*1 "Revision of technical specification based on the evaluation results of the facility management plan of TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (Direction)" from the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

(Previously announced on December 12, 2011)

In accordance with the direction given, we have submitted a request to change the technical specification for the nuclear reactor facility at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power station^*2 to the Nuclear Regulation Authority on March 12, 2013.

Provided below is the outline of the change to be made.

According to the change of the reports on our facility management plan for Units 1-4 of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station based on the "Policy on the Mid-term Security" (Version 1) (Revision 2) and (Version 3) (Revision), the technical specification provisions related to the facilities will be added to Chapter 12 or changed.

Subsequently, we have submitted a revised request to change the technical specification for the nuclear reactor facility at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power station to the Nuclear Regulation Authority on March 18, 2013 as we have added some contents to the previous request.

(Previously announced on March 19, 2013)

The change above was reviewed by the government and has been approved by the Nuclear Regulation Authority today.

Attachment:
"Comparison table of the revision of the technical specification for the nuclear reactor facility at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station"(PDF 26.5KB)

*1 Directive document
"Revision of technical specification based on the evaluation results of the facility management plan of TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (Direction)" (December 9, 2011 NISA No.1)

*2 Technical specification for the nuclear reactor facility
Government-approved fundamental rules for nuclear power station operators to follow in order to maintain safe operation and stable condition of nuclear power stations (including operation management, fuel management, radiation management, emergency measures and equipment/facility management based on the "Policy on the Mid-term Security"), which are stipulated by Article 37 Section 1 of the Act on the Regulations of Nuclear Source Material, Nuclear Fuel Material and Reactors.

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